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There were 3,968 white students enrolled in Newton County school in the 2022-23 school year, 8.3% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Data showed that Newton County welcomed 17,986 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, white students comprised 22.1% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 22 schools in Newton County, Eastside High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 703 students.

According to the Georgia Department of Education, over 1.6 million students were enrolled in Georgia's public schools during the 2021-22 school year. The state boasted a diverse and closely distributed student body across grade levels, with roughly 44% of the students in elementary, 24.5% in middle school, and 31.5% in high schools.

The state also registered an ethnically diverse student body, with 34.4% of the students identified as white, 36.5% as Black, 17.1% as Hispanic, and 4.5% as Asian.

School name	% of White Students	Total White Students	Total enrollment
Mansfield Elementary School	81%	291	360
East Newton Elementary School	45%	231	515
Eastside High School	44%	703	1,598
Newton County Theme School at Ficquett	43%	396	921
Indian Creek Middle School	39%	316	812
Rocky Plains Elementary School	37%	207	560
Heard-Mixon Elementary School	37%	148	402
Flint Hill Elementary	30%	246	820
Cousins Middle School	25%	157	631
Oak Hill Elementary School	23%	135	590
Alcovy High School	22%	432	1,967
Fairview Elementary	15%	79	533
Middle Ridge Elementary School	15%	79	529
South Salem Elementary School	12%	95	792
Liberty Middle School	10%	93	937
Livingston Elementary School	10%	38	389
Porterdale Elementary School	10%	35	355
Veterans Memorial Middle School	7%	44	635
Newton High School	6%	146	2,449
Clements Middle School	6%	45	760
West Newton Elementary School	6%	36	601
Live Oak Elementary	2%	16	830